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Home Education

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 24 January 2025UIN 24478

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure parents maintain the right to home educate their children.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 sets out a parent’s right to educate otherwise than at school, i.e. to home educate. The department knows many parents work hard to provide a suitable education for their children in their home environment.

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